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Germany - Harry
Kane fired Tottenham Hotspur into the Champions League quarter-finals
as his winning goal at Borussia Dortmund in Tuesday's return leg sealed a
1-0 victory to wrap up a 4-0 aggregate success.

On Monday, Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino had demanded they "finish
the job" after beating the Bundesliga leaders 3-0 in the first leg at
Wembley.

His Spurs side delivered, soaking up everything Dortmund threw at
them in a one-sided first half before Kane's goal just after the break
killed off the hosts' spirited challenge.

"It's always difficult in these type of games, you don't know whether
to defend or attack," said Kane, who singled out Spurs goalkeeper Hugo
Lloris for praise after a string of key saves.

"They had a few moments. In that first half we needed everyone,
defenders blocking it, Hugo saving it, that's what Champions League is
about - you need everybody."

This is the first time Tottenham are in the last eight of the
Champions League since 2010/11 when they bowed out 5-0 on aggregate to
Real Madrid.

Needing to score at least three goals, Dortmund packed their line-up
with forwards as Mario Goetze, Marco Reus and Paco Alcacer - who have
scored 30 goals between them - all started together for the first time
this season.

Dortmund flew out of the traps, pounding the Spurs defence with 10
attempts in the first half alone, restricting the Londoners to a single
Son Heung-min effort, and enjoying 70 percent possession.

"We have showed that we have the quality, we can build on the
first-half performance, but we need to score goals," said Dortmund
captain Reus.

The Germans harassed Spurs at every opportunity and had two clear
chances in the opening 25 minutes as Alcacer fired just over, while
Lloris snaffled a stinging Reus shot at the second attempt.

Tottenham's first real chance came with half an hour gone when Son
got in behind his marker Marius Wolf and fired wide with the goal at his
mercy.

Lloris then pulled off two saves at point-blank range before palming Goetze's shot over the bar shortly before the break.

Having defended doggedly, Spurs took the lead when Kane scored with his first chance and only his team's second of the game.

His run split the hosts' centre-backs, as he latched onto Moussa
Sissoko's pass and curled his shot past Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki.

The video assistant referee confirmed Kane was on-side and his goal
on 49 minutes subdued the crowd at Signal Iduna Park who had hoped for a
miracle.

With the tempo having dropped, Spurs' Pochettino brought on Eric
Dier, back from injury, to beef up the midfield in place of Harry Winks
for the final 35 minutes.

Spurs seemed content to absorb Dortmund's attacks while countering on the few opportunities they had.

In a bid to boost flagging confidence, Dortmund head coach Lucien
Favre brought on Chelsea-bound Christian Pulisic and Danish forward
Jacob Bruun Larsen for the final half an hour.

With Reus tiring, unsurprisingly after four weeks out with a thigh
injury, Thomas Delaney came on for the Dortmund skipper with 17 minutes
left.

Sissoko attempted to win a late penalty and Kane put the ball into
Dortmund's net but was flagged for offside as the game petered out and
home fans started slipping away.

While Spurs go marching into the last eight, Dortmund can focus on
trying to prevent Bayern Munich winning a seventh straight Bundesliga
title with just goal difference currently separating the sides.

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